Foothill players and coaches celebrate after winning the Division II Southern California Regional title Tuesday night. (Photos: Fernando M. Donado, For OC Sports Zone). Foothill High School senior Cruz Billings has had many big games for the Knights this season. But his play Tuesday, especially in the second quarter of Read More
Amaya Lacy of Orangewood Academy puts up a shot with pressure by Kelise Jackson of Windward. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Orangewood Academy’s girls basketball team battled to the end, but came up short Tuesday night, losing to Windward 61-58 in the CIF Southern California Division I Read More
Crean Lutheran players and Coach Nate Klitzing meet before the start of the fourth quarter Tuesday night. (Photos courtesy Jim McCormack, For OC Sports Zone). LAVERNE — It was a déjà vu moment that Crean Lutheran High School’s boys basketball team could have done without. For the second time in Read More
Crean Lutheran High School’s Blue Zone student group provided plenty of support at home for the Saints girls and boys basketball teams in the CIF playoffs. (Photo courtesy Crean Lutheran Shutterbugs, John Luciano). High school gymnasiums throughout Southern California are expected to be packed again for Tuesday’s Southern California Regional Read More
Tuesday’s Southern California Regional Finals for OC teams. All games 6 p.m. (Winners advance to state finals this weekend in Sacramento). GIRLS BASKETBALL: Division I Windward (22-10) at Orangewood Academy (24-9) Division II Sage Hill (25-10) at Santiago Corona (24-9) BOYS BASKETBALL Division I Crean Lutheran (25-6) at Damien (30-4) Read More
Emily Rosas has led Santa Ana College’s softball team to a fast start. (Photo courtesy Santa Ana College sports information). The No. 8 ranked Santa Ana College softball team looked sharp in its last two games as the Dons earned a 6-1 statement win in a matchup against No. 6 Read More
Foothill players celebrate after a comeback victory Thursday night. (Photos courtesy Mark Bausman, For OC Sports Zone). Foothill’s boys basketball team battled back from a 17-point halftime deficit and defeated Carlsbad 96-95 in triple overtime Thursday night in the CIF Southern California Regional Division II game at Foothill. The top-seeded Read More
PORTOLA 8, NORTHWOOD 5: The Bulldogs, led by first year coach Bryan Resnick, won their Pacific Coast League opener Thursday. Starting pitcher Tristan Nguyen went three innings, allowing four earned runs. Reliever Mitchell Stein pitched three scoreless innings. He has a 0.00 ERA in 6 2/3 innings and has struck Read More
Foothill Coach Yousof Etemadi and his assistant coaches (from right) Caden Williams, Sarkis Kara and Gary Sulley cheer on the Knights in the final minutes of Thursday’s 96-95 victory over Carlsbad in three overtimes in Division II. Top-seeded Foothill hosts No. 13 Rancho Cucamongo Saturday at 6 p.m. (Photo courtesy Read More
Parker Tuttle, being introduced Saturday, scored 17 points to help Crean Lutheran defeat Notre Dame Sherman Oaks 72-65. (Photo: OC Sports Zone, Tim Burt). Saturday night boys basketball regional semifinal scores: DIVISION 1 Damien 70, St. Bernard 65 Crean Lutheran 72, Notre Dame Sherman Oaks 65: Click here for photos Read More
